When comparing Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition vs Stronghold Crusader HD, the Slant community recommends Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition for most people. In the question“What are the best Medieval games on Steam?”Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is ranked 6th while Stronghold Crusader HD is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is:

The whole game has been remastered to play and look well on modern devices. With additions to the game like skipping dialogue or being able to finally zoom this is the definitive version.

Pros

Pro

Remastered RPG classic with extra content

The whole game has been remastered to play and look well on modern devices. With additions to the game like skipping dialogue or being able to finally zoom this is the definitive version.

Pro

Easy to google for help

Due to the game popularity many guides and help tutorials are easily found through google search, which is great as there is much one needs to learn about the game that is not available as a tutorial.

Pro

Great for RTS beginners

Easy to learn mechanics of economy, castle building and army production.Does not overwhelm players with choices.

Pro

Deep yet intuitive interface

Many options are available in the game along with good tutorials that introduce the player to these. While not all options are necessary the inclusion of them is welcome for those that would like to take advantage of them.

Cons

Con

Combat system is still convoluted

Certain weapons need certain stats to damage certain enemies, which is most left unexplained in game, which makes the game difficult to play at times.

Con

Lacks polish in some areas

Things like buttons on the bottom of the screen that are not intuitively placed as well as notifications that can not be filtered to the more important. This can detract from the gameplay as it is immersion breaking to have to rifle through inconvenient button placement as well as notifications looking for what you need at the time.